Chapter 3656
Smith said awkwardly, "I know that it sounds like a strange thing, but I really think that there's nothing better for us to do now. The White House has already given us such a big battle, so we cannot declare failure in less than a day, right? If we did, in the eyes of the White House, how different would we be compared to a bunch of useless people, then?"
Roger wanted to cry, but he had no tears, and he said," Smith... we are all scientists, and asking scientists to do such metaphysical things is not professional at all..."
Smith said, "There's no other way. We just have to bite the bullet and do it. Otherwise, what else should we do?"
At this time, a researcher with Oriental features mustered the courage to speak up, "Mr. Rogers, I suggest that it would be best for us to go to Aurous Hill for a field trip and an on-the-spot investigation. We can then bring back several environmental samples to be studied such as the air, groundwater, surface water, the rainfall there, and so on."
When Rogers saw that the person looked rather Oriental, he asked curiously, "You're Oskian?"
"No. I'm Japanese."
Roger asked again, "Do you think that we need to go through so much trouble to visit the local area?"
The man replied with a serious expression, "I did microbial research and development in Japan for many years before I immigrated to the United States. At that time, Japan's economy was booming, and everyone from all walks of life was imitating excellent products overseas, not only in the automobile industry, optics, steel, medicine, and others, but even in the wine-making industry!"
As he spoke, the man continued explaining, "At that time, many Japanese distilleries had commissioned us to help them reverse-engineer the European and American whisky as well as the Oskian Moutai wine so that we could imitate it. It was very simple to imitate the Western whisky, and we had a breakthrough after not too long. Not long after that, the quality and taste of Japanese whisky then exceeded those of the European products and won over a large market share. However, we failed to imitate the Oskian's Moutai wine."
Roger asked him, "Why? Is there anything special about Moutai wine?"
"It is very special indeed." The Japanese-American researcher explained, "We used the same method to reverse-engineer the Moutai wine and found that the taste was always much worse!"
"After that, we learned that there
were also many local wineries in Oskia that had tried to imitate Moutai, but they had all failed. The reason behind this was very mysterious. The same process materials, and formula could only be produced in that place in Moutai, and if you leave that place, even if you imitate it, you would still produce something lesser."
Roger hurriedly asked, "Did you finally find out what the problem was, then?"This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .
"No." The other party explained,
"Later on, we carefully examined and
studied the distiller's yeast in the
wine during the brewing process, and we found out that the distiller's years were always different from those of the local Moutai wine. It wouldn't work even if we were to sneak out Moutai's distiller yeast and bring it back to Japan for cultivation."
After pausing for a moment, the other party added, "We finally concluded that pure Moutai wine can only be brewed in that part of Moutai, in that very unique environment of theirs where the climate, altitude, humidity, and local water resources play an extremely subtle yet important role."
"I understand now..." Roger gritted his teeth and said," It seems as though this is really mysterious indeed..."
After that, Roger asked him admiringly, "What's your name? Which company do you work for?"
The other party hurriedly bowed
excitedly and spoke u p, "My name is Nakamura Shinpei. I worked at the
National Research Institute before I immigrated to the United States. After that, I jumped ship to work in microbial pharmaceutical research and development at Kobayashi Pharma. I'm currently working for Johnson & Johnson. I feel very honored to be able to participate in the research and development of this divine medicine this time! I will definitely give my all and do my best!"
"Kobayashi Pharma..." Roger asked in surprise, "The same Kobayashi Pharma that was acquired by The Apothecary Pharmaceutical?" "Yes!" Shunpei nodded immediately. "Kobayashi Pharma gave up on microbial drugs and transformed itself fully into Oskian medication, so I left." "Okay!" Rogers nodded and spoke up, "In that case, you will form a team and leave for Oskia immediately for research and investigation! Take a look and see what's so special about the location of The Apothecary Pharmaceutical! At the same time, you should also try out the Apothecary Restoration Pill locally to see if it will work or not!"